Bioactive Natural Products from Animal Associated-Microbes

Title:Bioactive Natural Products from Animal Associated-Microbes

Volume: 17 Issue: 17

Author(s): Yuan Tian*, Yan-Ling Li and Feng-Chun Zhao

Affiliation:

• College of Life Science, Taishan Medical University, Taian, Shandong, 271016,China

Keywords: Alkaloids, animal associated-microbes, bioactivity, hybrids, natural products, peptides, polyketides, terpenoids.

Abstract: Objective: Animal associated-microbes are miroorganisms living inside animal hosts during some parts of their life. In view of the special environment, it is considered that the unique microbes might be the producer of new compounds with diversity biological activities.

Conclusion: This review summarizes new findings (mainly described since 2011) concerning the characteristics of various natural products that can be extracted from animal associated-microbes, highlighting that animal related microorganisms represent an underexplored reservoir for the discovery of molecules with unique scaffolds and promising biological activities.

Cite this article as:

Tian Yuan*, Li Yan-Ling and Zhao Feng-Chun, Bioactive Natural Products from Animal Associated-Microbes, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2017; 17 (17) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557516666161024144014